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EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… in the new democratic South Africa. As a result, Chapter 12 was drafted onto the South African constitution. …
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
… Simon van der Stel , who became commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was …
EventLocal elections receive go
… An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to …
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Gold Medal of the South African Nursing Association on 12 May 1961 in recognition of distinguished and exceptional …
EventNatal becomes part of the Union of South Africa
… In 1844 Natal, annexed by Britain on 12 May 1843, became a district of the Cape Colony under a …
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… Secretary of the union. The FCWU had a membership of 12 600 at this stage. Lan acted as General Secretary until … and two were shot dead by the police …
EPILOGUE
Dear Mr De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd July, 1992. It is unfortunate that your reply has not addressed the issues I raised in my…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… OF MEMBERS WHO DIED DURING THE STRUGGLE Bantu Steve Biko - 12 September 1977 Luke Mazwambe - 3 September 1970 Mapetla …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total work force, 12,830,000 people, were unemployed. Wage income for workers …
PlaceHermanus
… above the Harbour. The reconstruction was completed in 1987. Today De Wet's Huis Photo Museum houses a collection of … and preparing it for the exhibition of…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… legally elected Prime Minister for the country. After only 12 weeks in power, the new government was deposed in a coup …
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… The constitution, which was promulgated on December 12, 1975, effectively vested absolute power in the President …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… solitary confinement for 88 days. Following the verdict on 12 June 1964, Sisulu and other treason trialists were taken …
The strangulation of activity
… in the Ciskei. This banning was challenged in court in 1987, but the four-year-old ban was upheld. 1984 The United … areas of operation and the breakdown is…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… facing 29 charges, the young man was only found guilty on 12 counts and not guilty on 17. Too many wayward laws were …
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Literature Museum. *Note: Some sources say he died on 12 January 1952 …
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… of these aims. It was against this background in July 1987 that several brigades of Angola’s military force FAPLA … Before the battle for Cuito Cuanavale…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… 1980: 345). The Community Development amendment act, No 12 of 1980 added the same permissible ways to serve notices … African Institute for Race Relations,…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… NUSAS and to establish their own... organisations" (1976: 12). The UWC rector was reported as saying: "I don't want … 8 out of 11 elected candidates were…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… doctorate in 1997. After his release from prison in 1987 he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Fort … telephone contact between you and Oom Gov in…
ArchiveNote on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
… keep statistics on its armed activity - not until 1987. My attempts to get those figures the ANC did keep before 1987 were unsuccessful. I use police…
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… On 12 March, 1975, Stanley Mabizela the African National …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… 1965 to 1970. References: http://www.suntimes.co.za/1998/12/27/sport/rugby/rugby01.htm …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… referendum supported him. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able … [online], available at www…
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 1951 (pdf) Letter from Dr James Moroka and …
Gender and deviance in South African industrial schools and reformatories for girls, 1911-1934 by Linda Chisholm
… development of a segregationist policy (Marks and Trapido 1987). A two-pronged strategy was adopted by the state … of the South African Native (see Cross,…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… Compaoré governed Burkina Faso for 17 years between 1987 and 2014, after coming to power as part of a triumvirate …
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…